Tag: Berlin

February 26, 2021

My life in cameras part 12: Fujifilm X100F review

It is time for the camera that really gave me back my passion for photography. Incidentally this will also be the last “my life in cameras” for a while. The next one will be when I replace the Fujifilm X-T3…

February 23, 2021

Crane porn, train porn and night skies

Introduction Be warned. The following images are all grainy and blurry. It is how I like to do low light photography. It is how I do photography in general. I enjoy walking around and just take shots whenever I see…

January 30, 2021

Playing House with debt

There is this interesting American term called “Playing House”. It has two meanings. Either a couple pretending to be settled, married and living together when in fact they are anything but. Lana del Rey has a beautiful song about this meaning (her evocation of the 1950s and 1960s fits this article as well). The second one means kids playing adults. Pretending to be a couple, cooking, having their dog as a kid or things like that.

January 8, 2021

My life in cameras part 11: Fujifilm X100T review

Last time I wrote about how I lost my creativity and inspirations for photography. I was just buying shiny new toys instead of observing my surroundings for interesting scenes. It ended with me selling all my equipment because I thought…

December 2, 2020

From Plus Supermarkets to Italian Specialties

Who says that photography needs to be beautiful? Did Instagram even exist in 2006? I enjoy shooting mundane everyday places like this discount supermarket. And yes I just bought some groceries. So many people nowadays hunt for the perfect instagrammable…

November 20, 2020

Above Ground Subway

New Yorkers are probably not wondering about this but Berlin has subways that go above ground. They are still called “Untergrundbahn” (underground rail) even though they are clearly above ground as my picture proves. This line is the U2 (no…

November 13, 2020

My life in cameras: Part 6 Olympus M10 and M.Zuiko 45mm/F1.8 review

At this point I was officially infected with GAS. I was just buying cameras because they were new but not because I needed them. Why I “needed” the new Olympus M10. There was really no reason to buy this new…

October 27, 2020

My life in cameras: Part 5 Olympus PEN E-P3 review and having fun with built-in filters

As it is with people who have too much money and time (I had an old contract, my rent was ridiculously low) the PEN E-P1 was soon “not enough”. So here is part 5 the Olympus PEN E-P3. Why I…

October 18, 2020

My life in cameras: Part 4b Olympus PEN E-P1 and M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8 review (Yes the lens is incredibly tiny)

I wrote in my first post about the Olympus Pen E-P1 that I wanted something smaller and lighter for everyday walks. The E-P1 I bought was in a kit with the collapsible zoom I talked about and a small 17mm…